Research suggests that young adult women exposed prenatally to testosterone have a reduced likelihood of developing eating disorders. The finding, researchers say, provides further evidence that biological factors - and not just social influe

SYMPTOMS OF CHILDHOOD/ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION

• Drop in school performance
• Weight loss or gain
• Stomachaches
• Insomnia
• Social withdrawal
• Drug or alcohol abuse
• Isolation
• Apathy
• Fatigue
• Lack of concentration

Children exper

Depression may occur at almost any stage of life, from childhood to middle or old age, as a result of a number of different factors that lead to chemical changes in the brain. Traumatic experiences, chronic stress, emotional loss, dysfunctional

Most of us who live in industrialized parts of the world know that it is sometimes not friendly. With all the advanced technology that we have and all the things that make life "easier", all the amenities  of dour modern world we sometimes feel alone and sad, this is

Who are the middle adolescents or teenagers? They are kids ages 15-18 and they undergo physical growth and personality changes. With their obvious biological transformation comes the self-concept. So how do these teenagers perceive themselves? - Identity formation

Normally, teenagers tend to copy other kids, particularly what they see on TV. Clothes, music, and even expressions. Most of the time, this makes it hard for parents to accept or to say something about the changes with their teenagers. Peer pressure bec

 

Cutting may be the most common way of self-injury, but there are a lot of types such as the following:

• Piercing the skin with sharp objects
• Head banging
• Burning
• Poisoning or overdosing
• Scratching
• Pulling out hair
• Interfering with wound
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Cutting takes a whole different meaning when teenagers associate it with emotional pain. Cutting has been a way to stop their so-called unbearable issues. It is actually self-injury, which results from invalidation. Perhaps kids are made to believe that thei

When anxiety in teenagers strikes, it is more likely caused by genetics and the environment, particularly the one they had as children. Thus, such as a condition usually result to depression. Anxiety usually brought about by several stress factors li

Counselors and therapists as well as medical and mental health professionals are not necessarily more qualified to evaluate and deal with a risk of suicide than a reasonable person. Physicians ar